Melissa McCarthy '100 percent' behind Jennifer Aniston's Op-Ed

Comedian and actress Melissa McCarthy has come out in support of Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston, who penned a blog post taking aim at “aggressive photographers” staked outside her home and unrelenting false media reports she is pregnant.

The photos sparked another storm of tabloid press speculating whether Aniston was pregnant.

“Let me start by saying that addressing gossip is something I have never done. I don’t like to give energy to the business of lies,” she wrote.

“For the record, I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up. I’m fed up with the sport-like scrutiny and body shaming that occurs daily under the guise of “journalism”, the “First Amendment”, and “celebrity news”.

“Every day my husband and I are harassed by dozens of aggressive photographers staked outside our home who will go to shocking lengths to obtain any kind of photo,” she wrote.

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In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, McCarthy said she's "one hundred thousand billion percent" behind Aniston's call for change in the way women in Hollywood are judged for their appearance.

"Everybody needs to stop tearing down women," she said.

"It's always about the way we look – saying, 'He's very interesting,' 'He's a good writer,' 'She's looking older than she was the last time we saw her.' "

Aniston said the attention on her body sent a negative message to girls, teenagers and women.

“The message that girls are not pretty unless they’re incredibly thin, that they’re not worthy of our attention unless they look like a supermodel or an actress on the cover of a magazine is something we’re all willingly buying into.”

Aniston said the media’s conduct also carried public safety issues and created uncomfortable situations in her personal life.

“I resent being made to feel “less than” because my body is changing and/or I had a burger for lunch and was photographed from a weird angle and therefore deemed one of two things: “pregnant” or “fat”.

“Not to mention the painful awkwardness that comes with being congratulated by friends, co-workers and strangers alike on one’s fictional pregnancy (often a dozen times in a single day),” she wrote.

McCarthy said "it's a ridiculous thing."

"I just hope it gets to the point where it's embarrassing for people to have such a shallow thought."